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I am prepared to believe that a dry Martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does to the soul.

— Alec Waugh In Praise of Wine (1959)

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There comes some time an end to all things, to the good and to the bad.

The Loom of Youth (1917)

The novelist is so often driven to write about love because he has not got enough material from other walks of life.

The actual writing of a novel is extremely hard work, but it's very hard to persuade a reader that it is.

I returned to civilian life, agreeing with Henri Murger, that the first duty of a wine was to be red, adding my own corollary that its second duty was to be Burgundy.

In Praise of Wine (1959)

In Russia love was regarded with suspicion as a deterrent to the social obligations of the Soviet citizen.

The Early Years of Alec Waugh (1962)

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